Barnyard Cheese Shop

We were traveling through New York and loved the hospitality shown by all the staff. The meats, cheeses and dips were all brilliant too.

Great neighborhood cheese store. Good coffee. Helpful and friendly. Tiny places like this one are the reason I feel at home here.

pricey but delicious sandwiches, you would be hard pressed to find anything higher quality nearby and the premade side dishes, cheeses and meats are all worth buying and taking home for other meals and snacking.

I stopped by here on the way to a bar in Alphabet City just to pick up a quick meal before drinks. Okay, maybe not quick (we probably waited about 15 minutes with one or two people before us). A friend and I ordered two sandwiches. They were a bit expensive for the area, but nothing that breaks the bank. They were pretty great though. I thought it was worth the wait while my friend with the black hole for a stomach thought wait was a bit too long. I'd love to try out other items on their menu and window shop for the rest of the stuff they sell.

I'd heard soooo many things about it from east villagers, it's kind of an inside thing, anyone local knows about the barnyard, so i decided to order takeout. I wanted a sandwich and soup, but something GOOOOD, not just a generic sandwich.
I don't eat meat, so the pickings are thin, most places have one selection..
a roasted veggie sandwich, or maybe a veggie burger..and u get sick of that stuff after the first year of eating them.
Barnyard delivered the goods quickly, and well packed.
The "soup of the day" was so amazing, and I don't normally rave about soup, or food at all.. but this stuff was so home-made tasting, not loaded up with cream or salt, or oil..just really wholesome,and truly home-made tasting and looking..but so gourmet.
The soup was a corn chowder with roasted poblano peppers and nice chunks of potato. It lacked the creamy,gel-like consistency that diner soups always have, it was just perfectly salted, kind of spicy, in a smoky-complex way..not overly spicy.
The sandwich was a "Farmhouse cheddar cheese", some type of natural,white, "aged,farmhouse cheddar"..with avocado,tomato,some type of nice greens,not a typical lettuce u always see..and it had some kind of mayo that was spiced with Chipotle,another type of smoked Mexican pepper in it,smokey and just such a cool 'secret sauce',kind of like a spicy mayo,but u can tell they roasted the peppers and blended them by hand, like Bobby Flay or something.
I'm a busy man with an infant son and a very busy job, so i rarely take time to review restaurants online, but this time I felt i HAD to. The sandwich is an art form that only some folks recognize.
It's not about making it big,overstuffed and grotesque,(like a $20 Lower East Side pastrami on rye)
It's all about getting amazing ingredients,perfect produce and amazing bread, and just striking a balance between a few ingredients, and when u get it right, it's just heaven.
These guys do it right, period. trust me on this, the corn chowder w poblano and the farmhouse cheddar sandwich were simple and just wonderful, if u want to really impress someone on a picnic, this place is great for that. cannot wait to try more things...!